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GLEANER, a 50-ft re-built two-masted Lugger with dipping lug rig, rebuilt over 5 years. Built by Richard Kitto at Porthleven in 1878, the Lowestoft drifter later went to Norway and was brought ashore for restoration in Germany in the early 1980s.

However, that work was never completed and Cornish shipwright ‘Spike’ Davies had to save her in 2013 after a German council threatened to destroy the vessel because her presence was stopping the development of a new supermarket.

He and a team of helpers dismantled the entire boat into a container; shipped her back to Freeman’s Wharf at Penryn, and spent the next five years putting her back together.

See more about GLEANER on National Historic Ships website.




BOAT: Gleaner built 1878 by Kittos of Porthleven, Restored 2019 (over 5 years) by Spike DAVIES.

Gleaner July 2019


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